When the rulers of the Empire begin to discuss curtailing the right to bear arms, I waver between concern and laughter.
The right of self-defense is as old as the Mosaic covenant, as is the right to defend one’s property. Guns are the modern means of self-defense. To take them away is to leave the individual at the mercy of any person with an evil purpose.
An important yet oft neglected aspect of self-defense is protection of the individual from the government. The best personal testimony for the right to bear arms was presented by Suzanna Gratia Hupp before a legislative committee. The five and a half minute testimony is presented here.
We are told that laws to control the carrying of firearms and the regulation of the manufacture of firearms is for the purpose of preventing criminals from having them. I recently ran across a series of articles from various which show the fallacy of that argument.
Law enforcement officials are becoming a target for theft of the most sophisticated weapons. Last August, in Orange County California someone stole a “duty belt” which included a gun, tazer and pepper spray from a Sheriff deputy’s vehicle. The equipment was left in plain sight; the thief simply smashed the back window and grabbed it.
In September, Clayton County Georgia police had an MP5 sub-machine gun with a targeting sight, and a Bushmaster XM-15 machine gun with sight taken from the trunk of a police squad car. The thief took a U.S. Army-issue bullet-proof vest and a Kevlar helmet from another car in the same parking lot.
Also in September, an FBI agent in Indianapolis, Indiana had an MP5 sub-machine gun, a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun and an LAR-15 semiautomatic rifle stolen from his vehicle.
In December, a Washington County Tennessee Sheriff’s Investigator had a Remington model 870 12-gauge shotgun and a Bushmaster AR-15 stolen from their unmarked work vehicle.
Earlier this month, a Broward County Florida Deputy had an AR-15 assault rifle, bulletproof vest, and a pair of handcuffs stolen from his marked vehicle.
In case you think it is just the local cops who are supplying criminals with firepower, the U.S. Inspector General reports that in a two year period, the Department of Homeland Security lost 180 weapons and the Customs and Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement folks lost 243 weapons.
The crazies are running the asylum. Law enforcement personnel across the continent are arming the criminals!
I’ll keep my own weapon, thank you. There is no such thing as absolute security, but at least the odds are on my side if I’m the one possessing the weapon.
A Free Tennessee is only possible when its population can feel secure in their persons and in their property.
Truth is that if legal permit holders were allowed to carry anywhere, 9-11 would not have happened. Virgina Tech would have resulted in a small fraction of the devastation it caused, etc. The police won't save you. They can only react to a crime after the fact. In the unlikely, but possible event that you might find yourself in a compromising position, the only one who will save you is YOU. Be prepared.
